Input UNC Folder Path

Yes, of course, I did. What do I input here? Thanks.

I did exactly so, and it might be working 🙂, but I received an error: "Encryption Key is required." This is likely because I've got FileVault enabled on my Mac. But I use the encryption key generated by iCloud (in order not to bother with an additional password to remember) so I have no idea what that key is. Any suggestions what to do next? Thanks.

I am getting the same encryption key error using a non-encrypted FAT32 USB memory stick. I shared the stick (SMB and AFP) with Read & Write permissions, and used these paths:

smb://10.0.1.101/NANO PRO/HP

cifs://10.0.1.101/NANO PRO/HP

Am I doing everything correctly?

I changed the name of the stick to NANOPRO and still received the same "Encryption Key is required" error message. Other ideas, please?...

I think you were right about the encryption key, buy I still had no luck so far...it's not finding the shared path (which has Read & Write permissions). I even input my Username and login password. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks! We're getting closer... 🙂 I typed \\10.0.xxx.xxx\Public and my User Name and Password, and now I get another error:

"The user could not be authorized. Please check for an incorrect username, password, or domain.".

Any further ideas, please?

I tried to connect to my shared folder on the Mac from an old Dell Windows computer running Windows 7 and I received the same error: "Logon failure: Unknown username of bad password." It appears that my Mac does not accept the incoming connection. What could be the issue?

John Lockwood wrote:

🙂

The Windows or in this case HP printer device needs to use the short name of the user account so if the full name is for example 'John Smith' the short name might be jsmith or johnsmith or similar. The easiest way to see what it is on the Mac is to find out the name of that user accounts home directory as the short name and the name of the home directory will be the same.

Beyond that there have been compatibility issues between Apple's implementation of SMB and other systems especially HP printers. It would be definitely worth checking to see if there is a firmware update for the HP printer to see if that improves its compatibility with Macs.

A more recent change Apple made that might also be involved can be 'fixed' on the Mac by doing the following command.

defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server SigningRequired -bool FALSE

Would the short name of the user account be the name displayed in the left pane of Finder, the one with a house symbol to its left under Favorites? If yes, I tried that - MichaelSurname - and was not able to connect from the Windows computer or the HP printer. If not, how could I find out what the short name is? Also, if in Settings, Users & Groups, I right click on my name and then select Advanced Option, I get Account name: MichaelSurname, Full name: Michael, Home directory: /Users/MichaelSurname - do these help?

Also, why is Windows seeing my Mac as MACBOOKPRO-8558? What does the 8558 number stand for? Why is it not showing the actual name displayed in Settings, Sharing, under Computer Name (Michael's MacBook Pro.local)? I tried logging in from Windows with usernames such as 'Michael' or 'MACBOOKPRO-8558\Michael', or 'MichaelSurname' or 'MACBOOKPRO-8558\MichaelSurname' but none worked.

The HP printer has the latest firmware, which is dated January 2016.

What exactly does / disables the command you suggested? Any negative impact on security if I use the command? Thanks.